Subject: Marriage (Page 28)

Matrimony: The splice of life.

A fool and his money are soon married.

(1862 – 1942) American author & poet

Wife: A former sweetheart.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

You want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.

(1911 – 1980) humorist, writer, television host & journalist

I first met the wife in a tunnel of love… she was digging it.

(1931 – 1993) English comedian

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

(1893 – 1935) U.S. governor & senator (Louisiana)

Me and my wife met at a Castanet class… we clicked.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Bigamist: A man who marries a beautiful girl and a good cook.

She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook.

(1894 – 1967) English heir, New York socialite (married 13 times)

A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

I don't care if she doesn't know how to cook – so long as she doesn't know a good lawyer.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

If you want to stop two people from having sex, let them get married

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

Men think monogamy is something you make dining tables out of.

(1958 – ) Australian author

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won’t even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

My girlfriend thinks I’m very mature. She also thinks I’m incapable of being faithful. My wife, on the other hand…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

I never married because there was no need: I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband – I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

(1855 – 1924) English writer

One good husband is worth two good wives for the scarcer things are, the more they’re valued.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director